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PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906. G. W. CROSBY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

Application filed March 10, 1906. Serial No. 305,423.

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Beit known that I, GEORGE W. CROSBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Heber, in the county of Cleburne and State of Arkansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relation to gates ofthe type disclosed in Letters PatentNo. 762,148, granted to me June 7, 1904, and has for its objects toproduce a simple inexpensive device of this characterin which thegate-operating member or yoke may be readily connected with the gate andits hinge, one wherein the yoke-arms may when worn or in the event ofbeing broken be readily replaced without discarding the yoke, one inwhichI the arms are rigidly and detachably engaged with the yoke, andone whereby the construction of the parts and operation of the device asawhole is materially simplified and improved.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts, more fullyhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gateconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the hinge-post and adjacent parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe hinge-post. Fig. 4 is a yplan view of the latch-post equipped withan improved latching member. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation, partlyin section, the section being taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a gate preferably comprising arectangular metal frame 2, having a wire-fabric covering 3 and providedat its inner end with a vertically-uprising arm 5, said gate beingarrangedfor swinging movement between the hinge-post 6 and a latch-post7.

Arranged upon the top of the hinge-post 6 is a horizontal gate-operatinglever or yoke 8, having a substantially triangular body portion 9,provided with opposite arcuate slots 10, designed to receive pivotingelements or bolts 11, fixed to and arising vertically from the post andthreaded for the reception of nuts 12, whereby the lever is retained inmovable position on the post, while provided on the yoke is a forwardextension or. neck 13, having vertical side flanges 14, arranged inaxial alinement with parallel vertical flanges 15, extending fore andaft at the center of the yoke and between the slots 10.

Carried by the yoke 8 is a forwardly-extending arm 16, having its innerend seated between the flanges 14 and secured by means of a fasteningmember or bolt 17, there being also carried by the yoke a rearwardly-ex-Y tending arm 18, having its inner end seated between the flanges 15 andsecured by fastening members or bolts 19, it being noted that theupright 5 at the rear end of the gate extends upward through and isjournaled in the forward extension 13 at a point adjacent the rear endof the arm 16, as seen in Fig. 2, while disposed, respectively, atopposite sides of and at points suitably remote from the post 6 is apair of posts or standards 2O 21, of which the latter is provided with ahorizontal bracket-arm 22, extended parallel with the roadway and havingcentrally pivoted to its outer end an operating-lever 23, while the post20 is provided with a horizontal bracket-arm 24, extended transverselyof the roadway and carrying at its outer end a guide-pulley 25.

Engaged at one end with the outer end of arm 16 isa flexible tractionelement or cable 26, having its other end engaged with the lower end oflever 23, while engaged with the upper end of said lever is one end of aflexible traction element 27, having its other end connected with theouter terminal of arm 18, in which is also connected one end of atraction element 28, extended to and passed around the guide-pulley 25and equipped at its free end with an end piece 29, there being alsoengaged with the-outer end of arm 16 the upper end of a spring 30,having its lo'wer end connected, as at 31, with the gate at a point inadvance of and suitably remote from the standard 5.

Attached to the lower rear end of the gate at a point adjacent its loweredge is a hinge member or eye 32, adapted for pivotal engagement withany one of a series of vertically-spaced pintle members 33, fixed at thelower end of the post. Fixed upon the latchpost 7 adjacent its upper endis a rearwardlyprojecting stop member or pin 34, With which the gatecontacts when in closed position, there being lixed at one side face ofthe post 7 a horizontal bracket-arm 35, having pivoted thereto a latchmember 36, preferably composed of sheet metal and of substantiallysector shape, as shown, and normally held in latch'ing position by meansof a spring 37.

In practice when the lower end of lever 23 is moved in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 traction will be exerted on the IIO 'sition.

element 26 for swinging the front end of arm 16 to the right, therebymoving the upper end of standard 5 rearwardly and laterally and at thesame time acting through spring 3() to lift the forward end of the gateout of engagement with stop 34, whereupon the gate will swing by gravityto open position, as usual, while, on the other hand, if the lower endof lever 23 be moved in a direction reversely to that indicated by thearrow traction will be exerted on the element 27 for swinging the rearend of arm 18 to the right and imparting a reverse movement to the arm16, whereupon the gate will be lifted out of engagement with latch 36and will swing by gravity in a reverse direction to open po- If tractionbe exerted upon the free end of element 28, the parts will be actuatedfor opening the gate in the manner and in the direction iirst explained.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple deviceadmirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it beingunderstood that in attaining these ends minor changes in the detailsherein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1.rIhe combination with a gate and its hinge-post of a horizontaloperating-lever provided with opposite cam-slots, fastening membersengaged with the top of the post and entered through said slots forsecuring the lever movably in place, said lever having forwardly andrearwardly projecting arms and the gate being provided with an uprisingstandard pivotally engaged with the forward arm of the lever at a pointbetween its ends, hinge connections between the lower end of the gateand post, a standard planted at a point in line with and remote from thehingepost, an operating-lever centrally and pivotally connected with thestandard, and traction elements engaged respectively with the front andrear arms of the gate-operating lever and having their other endsconnected with the second lever at points respectively above and belowits pivot.

2. The combination with a gate and its hinge-post, of a horizontalgate-operating member provided with opposite arcuate slots and having aforwardly-extending portion provided with side flanges, a pair of spacedflanges extending forwardly from the rear edge of the member in linewith the extension, vertical pivoting members fixed to the upper end ofthe post and projecting through the slots for bolting the member movablyin place, a forwardly-extending arm having its inner end connectedbetween the flanges of the extension, a rearwardly-extending arm havingits inner end connected between the flanges, a hinge connection betweenthe lower end of the gate and post, said gate being provided with avertical standard liournaled in the forward extension of the operatingmember, a pair of posts disposed respectively at opposite sides of andremote from the hingepost, a guide-pulley connected on one of the posts,a flexible element threaded through the guide and engaged at one endwith the rear arm of the operating member, an operat-

